Murder Goes to Market Cover Reveal
The cover! Revealed! Many thanks to the fine folks at Seventh Street Books for creating this beauty. 🙂 Books Inc Amazon and Others
MURDER GOES TO MARKET COMING 6/16/2020
Pre-order links! Books Inc (my local indie) Amazon and Others Watch this space for more news and an upcoming cover reveal!
BIG NEWS!
I wrote a book! And it’s going to be published! This is more exclamation points than I used in the entire manuscript!!! Yay! (Actual website coming soon!)
#MeetThe2020s Week 1
All this month, a group of people who have books coming out next year are doing a thing on twitter where we do short posts every day. But some people value their sanity and aren’t on twitter, so it is for you that I am providing this handy end-of-week wrap up. Here’s the full schedule … Read more
Dispatch From Malice Domestic
This year, for the first time, I went to Malice Domestic, an annual conference devoted to traditional mysteries and the people who love them. The Marriott was a great venue, but we didn’t exactly have the place to ourselves–On the same night as the opening party, a local high school was holding their prom in … Read more
Avocado and Banana Are Friends
Avocado: Yo.Banana: ‘Sup.Avocado: You new?Banana: Yup.Avocado: Mail order?Banana: Yup.Avocado: Cool. Same.Banana: Dude. How’s it here?Avocado: ‘S cool. Gets kinda hot.Banana: I’m into it.Avocado: Cool.Banana: . . .Avocado: . . .Banana: See you round?Avocado: Yup.
Pictured and Not Pictured: An Incomplete Photographic Record of a Trip to France and London
Once upon a time, this was a travel blog. It’s been a while, but since we recently took our biggest trip in a while, I thought it should be again, if only briefly. (And yes, these are the same photos and descriptions I posted on Facebook. If you saw them there, you can probably skip … Read more
American Idol S1E1: The Kellyening
If you’re not watching the current we-swear-this-is-the-final-season of American Idol, there’s something you need to know: They are really, really into Kelly Clarkson. To hear her discussed on the current show, you would think she is some sort of combination of God and Beyonce, and it is a testament to the great power and wisdom … Read more
All the Things that Happened on S1E4 of American Idol: Group 1 Results Show
0:11 Opening credits. 0:43 Ryan and Brian are both wearing khakis. 2:04 Paula tries to deliver a zinger, fails badly. 4:23 I am reasonably confident that Ryan is NOT wearing a pukka shell necklace. 8:03 Tamyra Gray is the first person put through to the next round. 10:38 “Weakest Link” joke. 13:26 Ryan Starr gets … Read more
Not-Exactly-Live-Blogging American Idol S1E3: Top 30 Group 1
And now, into the depths we go. This is it, the opening of public voting, as the 30 who were put through from Hollywood-Pasadena Week are narrowed down to however many we end up with. I can’t be sure, but I suspect that this may have been when I started caring deeply about the voting … Read more